• D'Angelo Tour: 'Black Messiah' Singer Adds London Show, Tickets On Sale Friday

    D'Angelo, the singer responsible for 'Black Messiah,' his latest album, has recently announced that he will perform an intimate show in London July 13. The announcement comes on the heels of D'Angelo's recent tour in the U.K., according to NME News. The singer will perform with his band The Vanguard at London's Roundhouse in July. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, April 17.
  • Karen O Shares Sunny 'Day Go By' Music Video [WATCH]

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O has shared the music video for her song "Day Go By," which you can check out below. The Wiisa-directed clip follows two young lovers — neither of which are Karen O, it should be noted — as they go swimming and take bike rides together, shot in a grainy, sun-kissed style that basically looks like the music video equivalent of an Instagram post. It is very 2015 indie pop.
  • Ferguson Protests Inspired D'Angelo to Push Up Release of 'Black Messiah'

    Earlier this week, neo-soul pioneer D'Angelo surprised the music world by suddenly releasing his new album "Black Messiah," his first new album since his 2000 classic "Voodoo," with almost no warning whatsoever. Despite its absurdly long gestation period, however, "The New York Times" reports that the album's release was somehow still rushed, as D'Angelo's label RCA had originally planned to drop it sometime in early 2015. But following the volatile situation in Ferguson, Missouri, and the grand-jury decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown, D'Angelo decided to push up the album's release to Dec. 15.According to D'Angelo's manager Kevin Liles, D'Angelo had called him up in distress last month following the Ferguson grand-jury decision."He said, 'Do you believe this? Do you believe it?'" Liles recalls. "And then we just sat there in silence. That is when I knew he wanted to say something."With the famously delayed album put on the fast track for release, D'Angelo and RCA pulled "many all-nighters" to finish the album, which included everything from the artwork and tracklist to the music itself.
  • 8 Artists Who Are Taking Too Long To Release New Albums: Dr. Dre, Lauryn Hill And More

    This has been a pretty exciting couple of days for fans of both Modest Mouse and D'Angelo, with both artists announcing their first new albums in quite some time (Modest Mouse's last album came out in 2007, while D'Angelo's was 2000). Now that these two artists have finally decided to release some new music, here are eight more artists that have been taking far too long to put out new albums.
  • D'Angelo to Release New Album 'Black Messiah,' Shares 'Sugah Daddy' with His Band The Vanguard [LISTEN]

    It was recently revealed that D'Angelo plans to release a new album called "Black Messiah." He offered up a first-listen sharing of "Sugah Daddy" with his band The Vanguard.D'Angelo decided to drop the album's first single on the eve of its release. As noted by "Rap-Up," the horn-heavy track debuted as part of Red Bull's 20 Before 15 series and got its first live treatment during the singer's 2012 tour.Take a listen to "Sugah Daddy" after the jump:Black Messiah, slated to be released Monday, Dec. 15, will be D'Angelo's first album in 14 years. The singer opted to take a different route this time as far as the album's promotion. No official announcement has been made of the release rather subtle hints, including ads reading, "Black Messiah Is Coming" running on various websites.
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